New Non-HW Boxers Rated

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CHIEF PARIS WW 1933-1939 (rating on last page)

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FREMIO JIMENEZ FW 1965-1968

Hometown - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

0-5-0

Jimenez lost an eight round and two ten round decisions to Chris Fernandez who was a reasonably good lightweight journeyman. He was KO'd by forgettable boxers in his two other losses.

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FREMIO JIMENEZ FW 1965-1968

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BARNEY KEISWETTER MW 1929-1939

Born - Cape Town, South Africa
Hometown - Cape Town / Wales / Sydney

44(8)-9-9; 1NC

Keiswetter got off to an 8-1-0 start in Cape Town, claiming the Cape Middleweight belt. In 1931, he lost a bout for the South African belt to Eddie Maguire. In late 1931, he moved to Wales where he would battle mostly club level middleweights for most of 1932. While in Wales, Barney was TKO'd by Del Fontaine and compiled a 23-3-5; 1 record over 13 months. Next, Barney headed to Australia where he began to face slightly better competition. In his two years down under, Keiswetter beat Bobby Delaney twice, fought to a 15 round draw with Ron Richards and out pointed Wally Hancock. Midway through 1934, he headed back to South Africa, avenged his earlier loss to Eddie Maguire by taking the title in twelve rounds and then promptly retired. Barney came back to the ring in 1937 to be out pointed by Tommy Bensch then again in 1939 to KO Seaman Forrest before hanging the gloves up for good.

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BARNEY KEISWETTER MW 1929-1939

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JOHN YASUI BW 1929-1935

Hometown - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

23(11)-18-4

Yasui grew up working in the sugar cane fields with his father and learned to box while in his teens. He turned pro just after boxing was legalized in territorial Hawaii. He was said to have a hard right and a strong chin. After opening his career with a 16-2-1 run, his unpolished defensive skills began to catch up with him. Yasui lost an eight round decision to Midget Wolgast in 1932 that wasn't much of a fight, but John's chin kept him in it till the end. In 1933, he spent two months in Japan that saw him beat an experienced Kaneo Nakamura and take part in the most bizarre event of his career. His second bout in Japan was against a boxer named Rush Mayo. Yasui dominated and dropped Mayo in the third for a 10 count and the victory. John was in dressing room when, unbeknownst to him, Mayo was making a big stink that he hadn't heard the ref's count and that was why he didn't get up. With the local crowd getting restless, two local gangsters reportedly went into the dressing room and told Yasui that he wouldn't see the morning if he didn't give Mayo another bout right then. So John put his trunks and gloves back on and went out for the "rematch" Yasui beat poor Mayo for six rounds until Mayo's corner threw in the towel. John returned to the dressing room for a second time with two wins under his belt. Upon his return to Hawaii, he lost a ten round decision to Speedy Dado and then took a trip to California that started the end of his career. On the mainland, he lost a number of lopsided bouts including two to Johnny Pena and one to Al Citrino. He returned to Hawaii as a broken boxer, only fighting a few more times before quitting the ring. Some years later, he did get back into boxing as an amature coach and received a lifetime achievement award from the Hawaiian Golden Gloves Association for his work. In a 45 bout career, Yasui was never stopped.

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John Yasui MW 1929-1935

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TOMMY YAMAOKA FW 1948-1950

Born - Possibly American Southwest

1(0)-4-1 (per Boxrec)

This is both sad and interesting, I am not sure what to make of it. Yamaoka, in letters submitted to the Journal of Combative Sport, says that he learned to box in a U.S. World War II relocation camp in Arizona. He stated that he fought over 200 amature fights, winning tournaments in Salt Lake City, Boise, and Los Angeles. He also claimed to have had about 90 pro bouts including many in Pheonix, Mexicali and Tijuana. He mentions a win over Alfredo Chavez who was ranked number one in the world and was just off a title fight loss to Terry Allen. According to Boxrec, No one named Alfredo Chavez appeared in that time frame, nor did Terry Allen fight anyone by that name. At any rate, Boxrec lists six bouts including two losses to Rueben Smith. Yamaoka claims that he was often billed as 'The Eskimo' due to prejudice against Japanese, so perhaps his ring record is a victim of the times or Mr. Yamaoka was suffering from some sort of illness when he wrote these letters.

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Tommy Yamaoka FW 1948-1950

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I don't believe that Jack Gibbons has been rated, my appologies if that isn't the case.


MICHAEL JOHN "Jack" GIBBONS LHW 1932-1938
Hometown - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Manager - Mike Gibbons

54(18)-5-1

Jack was the son of Mike Gibbons, nephew of Tommy Gibbons. Although he never held a title, he was a good fighter that faced many of the top middle and light heavyweights of the thirties. As an amature, Jack was the Northwest Golden Gloves Middleweight Champion but passed on the national finals to turn pro. As a pro, Jack beat Ray Pelkey, Frank Battaglia, Bobby Tracey, Al Trulmans, Fred Lenhart and Tony Zale. He drew with Oscar Rankin.

According to a site about the Gibbons' family, his record was 101-5-1 rather than the 54-5-1 that Boxrec lists. They also claim that he won his first 72 bouts, another source had it at 62 and Boxrec shows 37. On the Gibbons' site, they also claim that he was undefeated as an amature. Boxrec shows that he was not stopped in 60 pro bouts which may well be the case as only additional wins for Jack seem to be in question.

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Jack Gibbons - LHW 1932-1938

[jeffbakker]

A repost (3 pt. punches corrected).

Listed in BOXREC as a WW, the majority of his opponents rated in the game or by others are LWs. Consequently, I have rated him as a LW.

jb

[hagler99]

Acouple of current fighters

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Originally Posted by hagler99

Acouple of current fighters

Resized the image of Arsalan to fit.

Thanks for all the current fighter additions!

Rocco

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Here is Jesse Magano who was featured a few times on Univision and telemundo shows from the Great Western Forum in the 1990's

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Here is early Nasem Hameed victim and trialhorse Brittish Shaun Norman with 7 wins and 22 losses

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2 more, these are modified versions from an earlier Trunzo add-on to the 1998 game



Lightweight Rual Hernandez who fought out of Mexico and Californian in the 1980's and 1990's and active Brittish cruserweight Tony Booth, who has a terrible record but has gone rounds with sone good fighters and holds a victory over Omar Sheika

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Thank you Rocco, love reading all your fight re-anactments & adding all your fighter ratings.

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That's Ratanachai Sor Vorapin; he has ranged from jr Fly to Bantam. Thanks for the picture Hagler.

I am working on another Strawweight pack right now for myself and the vast throngs out there that are just dying to run a strawweight division I am including everyone that has fought for major and minor recognized titles including national belts. There are a few others included, but trust me, if a strawweight hasn't fought for a title of some sort, he isn't much to write home about. There should be 175 - 200 straws in the group when I finish.


Resized Ratanachai Sor Vorapin

[David Myers]

Black fighter from apartheid South Africa. Born 1952. Fought from 1968 to 1983. Record: 73-20-3 (26).

Sibaca held the South African "non-white" bantamweight title from 1969 to 1970 and the "non-white" featherweight title from 1977 to 1978 and from 1978 to 1982.

He met Eusebio Pedroza in December 1981 with the WBA featherweight title on the line, and was knocked out in the fifth.

Sibaca belongs in the game as a testament to apartheid, which--along with Communist domination of Eastern Europe--held down some excellent fighters throughout the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties.

I can't find a picture of Sibaca, unfortunately.